I know I am a bit biased to Australia, also to the colourful lead secondaries, but we could argue such things forever, its still a superb collection and a nice Christmas present to drool over, thanks Harjo.

Mineralogical Research Company Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> One picture may be worth a thousand words, but it> doesn't describe the equipment used to capture the> images. If it were possible, a description of the> equipment used would be as important to me as the> images themselves.> > Gene

I second that. I mean, technically I would know how to reproduce all images, except one: the Analcime photo by Volker Betz. This one almost looks like a colored SEM-Image. The depth (I don't mean DOF) and clarity are intriguing.

Thanks for this gallery. It is very enjoyable, and putting it together must have taken some time, since there are so many photographs on Mindat to chose from. It is great to see these selections, based on your excellent knowledge of micro mineral photography, and the consistency of criteria from one knowledgeable person. I was very happy to be included in this group.

Volker, I already recognized that and in the same course have browsed your zeolithe images on your website. Very impressive - and it shows once again that one does not need sophisticated equipment to achieve outstanding results. It all boils down to "Know how to use your equipment".Looking at your set-up, I can see that your lighting is very simple which in the case of the respective analcime image was obviously an advantage. Anyway, very well done.Cheers

And today I added a beautiful Mixite photo by Branco Rieck!(and replaced Volker's photo with one of his amazingly beautiful recent Chabazite photos, and replaced Vincent's photo with a very special one)

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